Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 228 - Domestic Violence
CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Requirements of Treatment Programs
Section 228.185 - Curriculum and instructional materials
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 228.185
Current through December 31, 2024
An organization that operates a program shall ensure that the curriculum and instructional materials used in the program include:
1. The following topics:
(a) The patterns and cycle of violent or
abusive behavior;
(b) How patterns
and attitudes toward violent behavior in a family are often learned by the
generations that follow;
(c) The
ability to remove oneself from situations that have the potential of becoming
violent before acting in a violent or abusive manner;
(d) Beliefs of offenders and myths relating
to provocation;
(e) The necessity
of using a plan of control that is developed by a provider of treatment
pursuant to NAC
228.170;
(f) Tactics used by an offender to obtain or
maintain power over and control of a person who is a victim of domestic
violence, including, without limitation, isolating the person, emotionally
abusing the person, sexually abusing the person, intimidating the person and
threatening the person;
(g) Methods
of controlling violent behavior;
(h) Management of stress;
(i) Socialization of roles relating to gender
and the effect of those roles on the beliefs and attitudes of the offender
relating to his or her violent behavior;
(j) Resolution of conflict;
(k) Skills for effective
communication;
(l) Taking
responsibility for engaging in violent behavior;
(m) Personal and cultural attitudes toward
the opposite sex;
(n) Cultural and
societal bases for engaging in violent behavior, including, without limitation,
values and beliefs relating to violent behavior;
(o) Defining alcohol and other substance use
disorders and discussing the effect that such disorders have on an offender and
his or her family;
(p) Skills
related to parenting that focus on the effect of domestic violence on
children;
(q) Skills related to
enhancing personal relationships;
(r) Guilt and shame experienced by an
offender relating to his or her violent behavior;
(s) The ability to share power and decision
making equally in a personal relationship;
(t) Using a model for personal relationships
that is based on nonviolence and equality and that incorporates the concepts of
accountability for one's own behavior, negotiation, fairness, and equality
concerning economic issues; and
(u)
Identifying signs of a relapse in behavior and methods of preventing such a
relapse.
2. A module specific to victim safety.
Added to NAC by Com. on Domestic Violence by R213-99, eff. 8-1-2000; A by R071-20A, eff. 7/28/2021
NRS 439.258
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